Shooting survivor holds 'Congress on Your Corner'

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 12, 2012 file photo, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., stands with candidate Ron Barber as they celebrate his victory in an election to fill her seat in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords' former district director ran in a special election for the seat she left in January to focus on her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head during a gunman's shooting spree a year earlier. The newly sworn-in congressman, who was also injured in the shooting, held the first "Congress on Your Corner" event in the southern Arizona district on Saturday, June 23, 2012 since the incident. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)

June 23, 2012 10:12:29 PM PDT

Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - June 23, 2012 --

A newly sworn-in congressman who was injured in a mass shooting last year along with then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords held his first "Congress on Your Corner" event with southern Arizona constituents on Saturday.